Title from ISTC; imprint derived from colophon ([20]₈ recto): Excellentissimi historici Platine in vitas summorum pontificum ad Sixtum IIII pontificem maximum preclaru[m] opus feliciter explicit. Accurate castigatu[m] ac impe[n]sa Antonij Koburger Nurenberge impressu[m] iij Idus Augusti consummatum anno salutis [Christ]iane Mcccclxxxi.

Letter from Hieronimus Squarzaficus Alexandrinus to Platina on p. [2]

Signatures (adapted from the British Museum catalogue): [1¹⁰ 2-17⁶ 18⁸ 19⁶ 20⁸]

Chancery folio; printed in double columns, [1]₂ recto: 56 lines, 228 x 129 mm; types: 160 (headings), 82 (text); initial spaces without guide letters.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 420

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P769

Incunabula short title catalogue, entry ip00769000

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.14 FOLIO: initial spaces blank, chapter headings numbered in early manuscript. Leaf dimensions: 272 x 198 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.14 FOLIO with BPL gift plate of Theodore Parker. Early inscriptions and autographs on front flyleaf recto: Theodore Parker, Johann Fabricius ("Pro M. Ioanni Frabricio, 1570"), and David Fabricius ("Nunc Filius h[abe]t[?] M. David Fabricius"). Ink stamp of Garrigue and Christern. BPL embossed stamp on first leaf of main text. Full-page manuscript table of contents on verso. Early/contemporary marginalia throughout. Acquired via bequest, May 1881.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.14 FOLIO halfbound in early/contemporary tawed skin over wooden boards. Early/contemporary brass catchplate on upper cover. Lower cover partially restored with modern cherry board. Spine rebacked in modern brown goatskin. Spine lined in medieval manuscript waste.

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